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Extending light WIMP searches to single scintillation photons in LUX

D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum, H. M. Araújo, X. Bai, J. Balajthy, A. Baxter, P. Beltrame, E. P. Bernard, A. Bernstein, T. P. Biesiadzinski, E. M. Boulton, B. Boxer, P. Brás, S. Burdin, D. Byram, M. C. Carmona-Benitez, C. Chan, J. E. Cutter, L. de Viveiros, E. Druszkiewicz, S. R. Fallon, A. Fan, S. Fiorucci, R. J. Gaitskell, J. Genovesi, C. Ghag, M. G. D. Gilchriese, C. B. Gwilliam, C. Hall, S. J. Haselschwardt, S. A. Hertel, D. P. Hogan, M. Horn, D. Q. Huang, C. M. Ignarra, R. G. Jacobsen, O. Jahangir, W. Ji, K. Kamdin, K. Kazkaz, D. Khaitan, E. V. Korolkova, S. Kravitz, V. A. Kudryavtsev, E. Leason, B. G. Lenardo, K. T. Lesko, J. Liao, J. Lin, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, B. López Paredes, A. Manalaysay, R. L. Mannino, N. Marangou, M. F. Marzioni, D. N. McKinsey, Dongming Mei, M. Moongweluwan, J. A. Morad, A. St. J. Murphy, A. Naylor, C. Nehrkorn, H. Nelson, F. Neves, A. Nilima, K. C. Oliver-Mallory, K. J. Palladino, E. K. Pease, Q. Riffard, G. R. C. Rischbieter, C. Rhyne, P. Rossiter, S. Shaw, T. Shutt, C. Silva, M. Solmaz, V. N. Solovov, P. Sørensen, T. J. Sumner, M. Szydagis, D. J. Taylor, R. Taylor, WC Taylor, B. P. Tennyson, P. A. Terman, D. R. Tiedt, W. To, M. Tripathi, L. Tvrznikova, U. Utku, S. Uvarov, A. Vacheret, V. Velan, R. C. Webb, James T. White, T. J. Whitis, M. S. Witherell, F. L. H. Wolfs, D. Woodward, Jing Xu, C. Zhang

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We present a novel analysis technique for liquid xenon time projection chambers that allows for a lower threshold by relying on events with a prompt scintillation signal consisting of single detected photons. The energy threshold of the LUX dark matter experiment is primarily determined by the smallest scintillation response detectable, which previously required a twofold coincidence signal in its photomultiplier arrays, enforced in data analysis. The technique presented here exploits the double photoelectron emission effect observed in some photomultiplier models at vacuum ultraviolet wavelengths. We demonstrate this analysis using an electron recoil calibration dataset and place new constraints on the spin-independent scattering cross section of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) down to $2.5\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}/{c}^{2}$ WIMP mass using the 2013 LUX dataset. This new technique is promising to enhance light WIMP and astrophysical neutrino searches in next-generation liquid xenon experiments.

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Titre Crossref: Extending light WIMP searches to single scintillation photons in LUX
Date Crossref: 10/02/2020
Éditeur: American Physical Society (APS)
Type: journal-article

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology Menlo School Case Western Reserve University Stanford University University of Wisconsin–Madison Imperial College London South Dakota School of Mines and Technology University of California, Davis University of Liverpool University of Edinburgh University of California, Berkeley Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Yale University University of Coimbra University of South Dakota South Dakota Science and Technology Authority Pennsylvania State University Brown University University of Rochester Albany State University University at Albany, State University of New York University College London University of Maryland, College Park University of California, Santa Barbara University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Sheffield Texas A&M University California State University, Stanislaus

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Les sujets associés

Dark Matter and Cosmic PhenomenaParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesNeutrino Physics Research

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